„This outstanding performance of Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony is definitely one of the very best ever recorded on disc.“ (pizzicato)

Orchestra

Philharmonie Festiva

Philharmonie Festiva is a symphony orchestra consisting of selected, high-calibre musicians from leading German orchestras, which was brought into being by its conductor Gerd Schaller in 2008 and caused a sensation internationally, especially through its Bruckner recordings.

GERD SCHALLER

studied conducting and held positions at various German state theatres until 2006 and since then has been a freelance artist. In 2008 he founded the Philharmonie Festiva, a symphony orchestra made up of exceptional musicians from top German ensembles, in order to pursue his own ambitious projects together with this excellent instrumentalists — driven by his insatiable thirst for knowledge and his unflagging interest in the new and unknown.

CONCERT PREVIEW

Concerts are planned in the Regentenbau Bad Kissingen, in the Concert Hall Bamberg and in the Imperial Hall of the former Cistercian Abbey Ebrach. On May 26th the series of concerts in the Max-Littmann-Saal of the Kissinger Regentenbau will be started with compositions by Schumann and Bruckner.

EBRACH SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

In the idyll of the Steigerwald, the Ebrach Summer Music Festival wants to lure you to extraordinary concert events. The former Cistercian monastery Ebrach in Franconia houses very special ambiences. Through the music that is heard there, the spirit of bygone eras comes to life: in the baroque Emperor Hall and in the magnificent Ebrach Abbey Church most concerts take place. But also at the guest concerts of the Ebrach Summer Music Festival in the Regent Hall of Bad Kissingen and in the Bamberg Concert Hall you will expect spechial musical highlights. You can get an impression of the Ebrach Summer Music Festival in the video with the 5th Symphony by Anton Bruckner.